DUBAI, U.A.E. — Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a small geostationary orbit communications satellite bus intended to provide a low-cost spacecraft with an advanced payload to customers that don’t require a larger satellite. The company announced its Mini Communications Satellite (MCS) design at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress here. […]
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Updated 9:45 a.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON — The longtime chief executive of Virgin Galactic, who moved into a new position at the company last year, has left the company but will continue to be an adviser to it. Whitesides is leaving the position of Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer to pursue […]
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to deliver a set of 10 research payloads to the moon in 2023, the latest award in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. The agency said it awarded Firefly the CLPS Task Order 19D for sending 10 payloads to Mare Crisium, a […]
Getty America faces an array of growing airborne military threats, from rockets fired at U.S. troops in Iraq to concerns that China is rapidly developing “aircraft carrier-killer” missiles. America’s chief of naval operations, Admiral Mike Gilday, warned last month that there was no time to waste in putting new technologies […]
Jan 5 (Reuters) – Winning International Group, the world’s largest bauxite shipping firm, has left the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the industry body said on Monday after updating its member list for the new year. “Winning are no longer members of the IAI,” the body’s London secretariat said. The IAI […]
A report from the Rome-based International Affairs Institute think-tank said Brexit had shifted the UK pro-Atlantic balance towards France which is pushing for greater autonomy over EU defence policy. Emmanuel Macron and German defence minister Annagret Kramp-Karrenbauer have clashed over the US and NATO’S role in European security in recent […]
By David Hambling Two drones in the MultiFlyer systemIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) A fleet of drones makes up MultiFlyer, a system that can be operated by one person and which could be used to survey crops or inspect buildings, or to help identify people during search rescue missions. The operator […]
Click here to read the full article. A historic agreement announced on July 2 will see Israel’s leading aerospace and defense company Israel Aerospace Industries and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems develop breakthrough technology with Group42 in the United Arab Emirates. This is the first of its kind deal between Israeli companies and those in […]